Old World Wines

Old World refers to countries in Europe, the Mediterranean, and some in the Middle East. This includes: France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Austria, Greece, Lebanon, Israel, Croatia, Georgia, Romania, Hungary and Switzerland.

Old World wines generally share distinguishable characteristics such as a softer, more elegant taste. As the Old World wine regions’ temperatures are cooler than the New World wine regions, they tend to be lighter-bodied, have lower alcohol, a higher acidity, and less fruity flavour with more minerality even though it may not always be the case.